[On the Irrawaddy by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookOn the Irrawaddy CHAPTER 8: The Pagoda 25/29
Each man knew what he had to do--one did something and, directly, another did something and, almost before the smoke of the last shot was out of the gun, it was ready to be fired again. "It is clear to me that we have not learnt how to fight, and that your way of having only a few men, well taught and knowing exactly what they have to do, is better than ours of having great numbers, and letting everyone fight as he pleases.
It is bad, every way.
The brave men get to the front, and are killed; and then the others run away. "You were right.
We shall never turn you out of Rangoon, till Bandoola comes.
He has all our best troops with him, and he has never been beaten.
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